Unlocking the Clubhouse

Women in Computing

Author: Jane Margolis
Secondary Author: Allan Fisher
ISBN: 9780262133982

Winner of the 2002 Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Higher EducationThe information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make a majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of new technology. It is mostly men whose perspectives and priorities inform the development of computing innovations and who reap the lion's share of the financial rewards. As only a small fraction of high school and college computer science students are female, the field is likely to remain a "male clubhouse," absent major changes.In Unlocking the Clubhouse, social scientist Jane Margolis and computer scientist and educator Allan Fisher examine the many influences contributing to the gender gap in computing. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 computer science students of both sexes from Carnegie Mellon Universi

Publisher: MIT Press
Publish Date: 2002-01

Subjects: Business & Economics / Labor, Computers / Computer Science, Social Science / Gender Studies

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